As Virgin Atlantic’s Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 arrived at Delta TechOps’ new 127,000-ft.2 engine center on Oct. 1, it not only became the first engine to enter the new shop for maintenance, but it also launched Delta’s operation as a Rolls-Royce Authorized Service Center.
Reducing maintenance expenses and making them more predictable are key parts of JetBlue Airways’ long-term cost-cutting strategy, with several initiatives expected to help keep total annual unit-cost growth flat or slightly up in the next few years, the airline's executives say.
Dublin-based aircraft lessor Avolon said on Oct. 4 that it sold 16 aircraft during the third quarter and delivered 14 while its customer base of airlines grew.
The Airbus Global Market Forecast predicts passenger traffic from and to Africa will increase by 4.9% annually over the next 20 years. It also forecasts African carriers will need more than 1,100 new passenger and freighter aircraft to meet this demand.
Alitalia’s employees say they are ready to strike if they do not receive reassuring answers about the carrier’s future by Oct. 31, the deadline for a sale of the bankrupt airline.
Taiwan’s EVA Air received its country’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Oct. 4, arriving at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport after a delivery ceremony Oct. 2 at Boeing's South Carolina final-assembly facility.
Ten European airlines and two groups that join Europe’s pilot and transport workers’ unions have called on EU regulators on Oct. 2 to take action on atypical-employment structures, arguing the practices distort competition.
The U.S. Senate on Oct. 3 passed the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by a 93-6 vote, clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by President Donald Trump.
Air France has presented to unions a restructuring plan for its regional subsidiary HOP!, under which it would simplify its fleet to three aircraft types, switch HOP! flights to Air France codes, cut 120 jobs and merge support functions into one location.
Congress has passed a bill to reauthorize the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) through 2021, marking the first such action in the agency’s 17-year-history.
Air Transport Services Group's (ATSG) purchase of Omni Air International is intended to diversify the growing cargo aircraft-leasing specialist's revenue stream while adding passenger aircraft that could help satisfy future freighter-conversion needs.
Cobham Aerospace Communications and Inmarsat have signed a contract to certify Cobham’s Aviator 300D SwiftBroadband satellite communications terminal on Boeing 737NG series airliners.
The U.S. Senate on Oct. 3 passed the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by a 93-6 vote, clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by President Donald Trump.
American Airlines, continuing its Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) ramp-up and bolstering its Americas network, plans to add new services to Mexico and Cuba, increase frequencies to several other destinations and bolster regional flying from DFW as part of its summer 2019 schedule.
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has flown a Boeing 747 from Orlando, Florida, to London Gatwick Airport on a blend of waste-gas biofuel produced by New Zealand-based LanzaTech, using an alcohol-to-jet process.
The Civil Aviation Group (CAG), a consortium comprising Romania-based LCC Blue Air and a group of investors from Moldova, plans to take over loss-making flag-carrier Air Moldova.
The Manchester Airports Group (MAG), said it would partner with China’s giant Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) to bid for the concession to operate Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport, now that the country’s government has opened the tender process.
